Cortana commands to turn off, restart, lock and sign out Windows 10

Here are the commands to shut down, restart, lock and sign out in Windows 10.

IMPORTANT: These Cortana commands are available in 16251 and above builds of Windows 10 Creators Update only.

“Hey Cortana, restart PC.”

“Hey Cortana, turn off PC.”

or

“Hey Cortana, shut down PC.”

“Hey Cortana, lock PC.”

(This command doesn’t ask for confirmation)

“Hey Cortana, sign out.”

“Hey Cortana, lock PC.”

For some of these commands, Cortana asks you for verbal confirmation. To be precise, Cortana asks for confirmation, for shut down, restart and sign out commands. When asked for confirmation, please say “Yes” to complete the voice command.

In addition to using these commands from Windows 10 desktop, you can use these commands from the Lock screen. To use Cortana from the Lock screen, please enable Cortana on the Lock screen by navigating to Settings > Cortana > Talk to Cortana.

Please remember that these new Cortana commands are currently available in English only.